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Scratch Built Solid Models by Creosotewind. Viewed 975 times. Build Thread Next Prev Click image to return. Image Comments Creosotewind 05-Mar-09 19:21 Solid PT-13 from an old kit. Ted's comments: I have been silver soldering the birdcage for the PT-13 and have both sides almost completed. I need to trial fit the birdcage into the fuselage. I had the plans enlarged from a 8 x 11 magazine article to 30". There is 1/4" error factor as the enlarged plans have a line width of 1/8 inch. Happens all the time and a little fudging may actually turn out to be correct. I ran out of .010 x .040 evergreen strips for the Ryan. I'll get some at the hobby shop this afternoon to finish the Ryan. I have learned quite a bit about the process. Tom, at Micro West was the one who showed me how he did it, but I have never tried to do it until now. I need to remove about 7 strips from the underside of one wing to make a correction. For the PT-13 I will cut my own strips out of .030 stock that I have around. I need a whole bunch and the hobby shop will too expensive and probably not have enough to do the job. frwyflyer 05-Mar-09 19:38 Actually, this is an old Burkhard solid model of the Ryan float plane. I carved this from jelutong and have saved the kit to return to Jim. I am using this project to make fabric covered looking wings on a solid wing Creosotewind 05-Mar-09 19:41 One of the interesting things about this kit (probably from the late 40s or early 50s) is that it includes aluminum to cover the kit. If I remember, it is even embossed to cut to shape, right Ted? frwyflyer 05-Mar-09 19:42 Yes, there is some aluminum paper still in the kit jgood 05-Mar-09 20:30 Very cool indeed. Are you going to cover with the Aluminium? frwyflyer 05-Mar-09 21:00 Hello James, no, the aluminum in the kit is very old and brittle. It reminds me of chewing gum wrappers of the 50's. I will paint the fuselage with aluminum paint as well as the floats. The flying surfaces will be painted yellow. A Naval aircraft paint scheme. Please sign in to comment on this image.